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there are thousands of lenses popping up between us and the world.

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there are thousands of lenses popping up between us and the world.

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most of us are not good at understanding new things, so we grasp them imperfectly by relating them metaphorically to things that already exist

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most of us are not good at understanding new things, so we grasp them imperfectly by relating them metaphorically to things that already exist

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Most of us are not good at understanding new things, so we grasp at them imperfectly by relating them metaphorically to things that already exist

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Metaphors are not rhetorical frills at the edge of how we think. They are at the very heart of it

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Metaphors are not rhetorical frills at the edge of how we think. They are at the very heart of it

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there is a whole different language to poetry, just as there is a language of prose (foster), not a quote but stood out to me

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to be aware of the central role of metaphors play is to be aware of how imprecise our most important thinking is

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"Metaphors help compensate for our natural weaknesses."

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Metaphors are things we pass down from generation to generation, which transmit a culture’s distinct way of seeing and being in the world.

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Metaphors are things we pass down from generation to generation, which transmit a culture’s distinct way of seeing and being in the world.

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It's good to pause to appreciate how flexible and tenuous our grip on reality actually is.

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It's good to pause to appreciate how flexible and tenuous our grip on reality actually is.

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Metaphors help compensate for our natural weaknesses

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Metaphors help compensate for our natural weaknesses

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When talking about relationships, we often use health metaphors. A friend might be involved in a sick relationship. Another might have a healthy marriage.

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Allowing poems to exist as a whole and appreciating them as a whole

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Allowing poems to exist as a whole and appreciating them as a whole

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we rely on concrete or spatial metaphors to (imperfectly) do the job

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we rely on concrete or spatial metaphors to (imperfectly) do the job

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"The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair."

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"The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair."

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Metaphors are not rhetorical frills at the edge of how we think. They are at the very heart of it.

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When talking about argument, we use war metaphors. When talking about time, we often use money metaphors. But when talking about money, we rely on liquid metaphors. 

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When talking about argument, we use war metaphors. When talking about time, we often use money metaphors. But when talking about money, we rely on liquid metaphors. 

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Metaphors help compensate for our natural weaknesses. Most of us are not very good at thinking about abstractions or spiritual states, so we rely on concrete or spatial metaphors to (imperfectly) do the job.

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Metaphors are things we pass down from generation to generation which transmit a culture's distinct way of seeing, and being in the world.

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Even the hardest of sciences depend on a foundation of metaphors

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Even the hardest of sciences depend on a foundation of metaphors

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metaphors provide a way to understand our lives and the concept of living and dying by comparing it to something we've already experienced

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"Metaphors help compensate for our natural weaknesses."

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to be aware of metaphors is to be humbled by the complexity of the world

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to be aware of metaphors is to be humbled by the complexity of the world

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Most of us are not good at understanding new things, so we grasp them imperfectly by relating them metaphorically to things that already exist.